GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |